Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River state in Nigeria plans to build a major thoroughfare through the middle of the state, destroying a national park, adjoining forest reserves, indigenous communities, and wildlife in its wake.

Greenpeace strongly believes that nuclear energy is not the answer to our current energy crisis. It will always deliver too little, too late and at far too high a price. Greenpeace Africa is campaigning for new investments to go into renewable energy

Zambia's high court is to decide on issuing a licence for a copper mine in a game reserve, the Lower Zambezi National Park, bordering Zimbabwe's Mana Pools World Heritage Site. This area is an important elephant corridor and home to endangered species.

One of the last northern white rhinos on the planet has died in a reserve in Kenya, leaving the sub-species on the verge of extinction, experts said Saturday. The male, called Suni, "was probably the last male capable of breeding", according to...

An oil company, SOCO, is looking to illegally drill for oil in Africa's oldest National Park in the Republic of Congo, which is home to the unique okapi, 200 mountain gorillas, many endangered species and also people. Please sign this global petition.

A new study released today finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River Basin due to climate change that planned hydroelectric projects to boost energy and food production may only tread water in keeping up with actual demand.

The development-at-any-cost policies of Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan -- a key factor behind the protests and clashes in Istanbul's Taksim Square -- are also playing a role in the steady decline of the nation's porpoises, dolphins, and other

Rampant human development has devastated the western African lion habitat, reports the New York-based Panthera's Lion Program Survey. Less than 500 of these big cats are alive. Logged by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.

Nearly a million South African households still have no access to the minimum 25 litres of water per day. Eskom's water-hungry coal expansion is a major threat to the country's already stressed water resources, and further compromises water access ...